Billie Whitelaw Quotes
I said to my agent, 'I want short, sharp, well-paid jobs because I haven't got time for anything else.'
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I'm a breakfast type of guy. Don't get me wrong. I can cook, I'm kinda nice on the burner, but I enjoy making breakfast. I do it all... Scrambled eggs... French toast... Pancakes... Breakfast is my thing.
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Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.
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I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
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We don't think that we are in a quarrel with anybody. We may have a difference of opinion, but we'll not allow such differences of opinion to grow into a problem that stands in the way of reconstructing the country and regaining the democratic path.
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen.
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The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
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'Single' is usually applied to women as though they are a problem to be fixed.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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How you manage change can make all the difference.
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To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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I try and write honestly about what I see around me now.
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I thought the script was very good, but something was missing. I wanted to come out with a cane, come down slowly, have it stick into one of the bricks, get up, fall over, roll around, and they all laugh and applaud. The director asked, ‘what do you want to do that for?’ I said from that time on, no one will know if I’m lying or telling the truth.
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I didn't spend a lot of time with prison guards, but my father was an assistant district attorney for a long time so I was always hearing stories about prisoners and prison guards.
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Oh, why will parents always appear at the wrong time? Some extraordinary mistake in nature, I suppose.
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I think it is important to keep redefining yourself as an actor with the roles you do and, at the same time, create diversity in your body of work.
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I said to my agent, 'I want short, sharp, well-paid jobs because I haven't got time for anything else.'
